Lincoln Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio, United States.
Lincoln Village was started in 1955 as a planned community by a real estate subsidiary of Nationwide Insurance.
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation President and CEO Murray Lincoln had aspired to create a suburban "village" since the early 1940s.
[citation needed] In 1953, bulldozers completed grading of 1,270 acres (510 ha) of farmland in western Columbus for the construction of Lincoln Village, with churches, a school, wooded park, playgrounds, and a library.
Housing in the village was to include apartment buildings and single family homes priced between $9,000 to $16,000.
The Pennsylvania Railroad borders Lincoln Village to the north, Sullivant Avenue to the south, and Interstate 270 to the east.
The city of Columbus borders Lincoln Village to the north, west, and south; a portion of Franklin Township is to the east, across I-270.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Lincoln Village has a total area of 1.83 square miles (4.75 km2), all land.
Major tenants include Giant Eagle, Joann Fabrics, and the Westland Area Library.